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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/běsъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *baiˀsás (“someone frightening”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to fear, be afraid”).

Noun

*bě̑sъ m[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. demon, evil spirit
    Synonym: *čь̑rtъ
Inflection
Declension of *bě̑sъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *bě̑sъ *bě̑sa *bě̑si
genitive *bě̑sa *běsù *bě̃sъ
dative *bě̑su *běsomà *běsòmъ
accusative *bě̑sъ *bě̑sa *bě̑sy
instrumental *bě̑sъmь, *bě̑somь* *běsomà *běsý
locative *bě̑sě *běsù *běsě̃xъ
vocative *běse *bě̑sa *bě̑si
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
verbs
adjectives
nouns
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: бѣсъ (běsŭ)
  • South Slavic
  • West Slavic:

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bě̑sъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 40: “m. o (c) ‘demon’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “běsъ běsa”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 81; PR 137; RPT 98, 102)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016) “bẹ̑s”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *bě̑sъ”
  4. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “běsъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 88
  5. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “běsъ 1”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 244

Etymology 2

From *běsiti (“to enrage”).

Noun

*běsъ m[1][2]

  1. (West and South Slavic) rage, anger
    Synonym: *jarostь
Inflection
Declension of *běsъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *běsъ *běsa *běsi
genitive *běsa *běsu *běsъ
dative *běsu *běsoma *běsomъ
accusative *běsъ *běsa *běsy
instrumental *běsъmь, *běsomь* *běsoma *běsy
locative *běsě *běsu *běsěxъ
vocative *běse *běsa *běsi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
nouns
verbs
adjectives
Descendants
  • South Slavic
  • West Slavic:

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “běsъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 88
  2. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “běsъ 1”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 244
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